Cereals, primary — Yield in Europe
Europe: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,382 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Europe is 4,382 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Europe peaked at 4,544 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,302 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Europe 13th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,567 kg/ha | 1,302 kg/ha | 1,817 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,080 kg/ha | 1,792 kg/ha | 2,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,456 kg/ha | 2,046 kg/ha | 2,779 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,009 kg/ha | 2,712 kg/ha | 3,305 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,511 kg/ha | 3,164 kg/ha | 3,966 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,115 kg/ha | 3,625 kg/ha | 4,483 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,459 kg/ha | 4,347 kg/ha | 4,544 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,030 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 63,355 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 22.48 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,412 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 398,589 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 137,267 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 177.78 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 663,560 t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 41.59 million ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,912 g/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Europe?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Europe was 4,382 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,544 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,302 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Europe ranks 13th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.